Senior Engineering Manager, Major Infrastructure Projects

Mott MacDonald Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 200,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Mott MacDonald Canada is seeking an Engineering Manager/Design Manager to lead technical integrity and delivery of multidisciplinary design solutions on major infrastructure projects in Ontario. The role partners with senior leaders to ensure contract-compliant design across disciplines and manages budgets, schedules, and resources.

The successful candidate will bring 20+ years of relevant experience, a PE designation or eligibility, and proven leadership in design management, with strong client

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligibility for registration.
• 20+ years of experience delivering complex multidisciplinary infrastructure or major projects.
• Proven experience in a Design Manager, Engineering Manager, or Design Lead role.
• Strong knowledge of design management, technical assurance, quality processes, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Preparing the design fee estimate and preliminary design schedule for the proposal phase.
• Acting as the single accountable design authority, responsible for technical coherence, design suitability, and appropriateness of solutions delivered across a multidisciplinary team.
• Providing the design team with all contract materials, including the design scope and requirements, to deliver the project within budget and schedule.
• Confirming that the design delivers the project’s aims, objectives and defined benefits.
• Providing Discipline Leads with an internal interface, coordination matrix and facilitating clear accountability and responsibility for interdisciplinary interfaces.
• Supporting the Project Manager in developing an effective Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) and Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS) to align design delivery with technical assurance and project milestones.
• Monitoring the design budget and identifying emerging variances.
• Enforcing quality processes and making sure that peer reviews are being carried out within each discipline.
• Leading multidisciplinary discussions to communicate technical issues, track actions, and drive resolutions.
• Preparing, managing, and distributing design standards and technical requirements.
• Interfacing with the contractor’s Design Coordinator on technical and process matters and managing constructability input from construction staff and supply chain partners.
• Interfacing with the Client Owner and Authority’s Having Jurisdiction on technical and design-process matters.
• Maintaining consistent communication with project stakeholders to meet contractual and technical obligations.
• Managing design variances from the standards register and securing approvals.
• Coordinating the integration of subconsultant and specialist inputs.
• Coordinating completion, review, and issue of all technical deliverables.
• Supporting identification of design‑related changes and providing associated cost estimates.
• Identifying and managing design risks and issues and implementing mitigation plans.
• Leading Design Review Meetings and Interdisciplinary Design Reviews (IDRs).

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Design management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Risk management

Quality processes

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or eligibility

Job description

Mott MacDonald Canada is seeking an Engineering Manager/Design Manager to lead technical integrity and delivery of multidisciplinary design solutions on major infrastructure projects in Ontario. The role partners with senior leaders to ensure contract-compliant design across disciplines and manages budgets, schedules, and resources.

The successful candidate will bring 20+ years of relevant experience, a PE designation or eligibility, and proven leadership in design management, with strong client